Mercury is at it again!  This particular Mercury Retrograde takes place from March 30, 2011 through April 23, 2011.  The Mercury Retrograde takes place in Aries.   Mercury Retrogrades are usually as welcome as a blizzard in late spring.  Yuk.

If you are not already aware, Mercury Retrogrades affect communication.  Check and double check all travel plans, appointments, legal documents, etc.  Make sure all mechanical equipment is in top shape.  This is the time your car may let you down.  If you can avoid tinkering with your computer, please do so.  Downloading new software may become quite the adventure.

Be careful when communicating with others.  They may misunderstand or misinterpret.  You are vulnerable to the same problem.  Be patient.  Check and double check everything.

Mercury Retrograde is a time that favors finishing up projects.  If you start something new, remember to be flexible.  You may have to revamp in order to achieve success.  It is generally not the time to sign legal documents, purchase a new computer or cell phone, plan something new, etc.   If you purchase a new computer (for example), it may well turn out to be a lemon.  Be careful.

Mercury in Retrograde in Aries is an interesting Retrograde.  You may be tempted to speak out with confidence,  be in a hurry to close a deal, be tempted to drive fast, overthink, be tempted to start an exciting new project because of boundless energy, insist on having your own way, etc. 

Try to remember that the sudden surge of energy and confidence that you feel may just be the effect of Mercury Retrograde in Aries.  Pull back, think twice before you open your mouth, and double check everything. 

This retrograde is the time to tie up loose ends.  Be patient, think before you speak, do not speed, try to avoid starting new things, double check everything.

Take care and take charge of the Mercury Retrograde.

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The New Humanism – NYTimes.com.

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The New Humanism

By DAVID BROOKS

Published: March 7, 2011

Over the course of my career, I’ve covered a number of policy failures. When the Soviet Union fell, we sent in teams of economists, oblivious to the lack of social trust that marred that society. While invading Iraq, the nation’s leaders were unprepared for the cultural complexities of the place and the psychological aftershocks of Saddam’s terror.

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We had a financial regime based on the notion that bankers are rational creatures who wouldn’t do anything stupid en masse. For the past 30 years we’ve tried many different ways to restructure our educational system — trying big schools and little schools, charters and vouchers — that, for years, skirted the core issue: the relationship between a teacher and a student.

I’ve come to believe that these failures spring from a single failure: reliance on an overly simplistic view of human nature. We have a prevailing view in our society — not only in the policy world, but in many spheres — that we are divided creatures. Reason, which is trustworthy, is separate from the emotions, which are suspect. Society progresses to the extent that reason can suppress the passions.

This has created a distortion in our culture. We emphasize things that are rational and conscious and are inarticulate about the processes down below. We are really good at talking about material things but bad at talking about emotion.

When we raise our kids, we focus on the traits measured by grades and SAT scores. But when it comes to the most important things like character and how to build relationships, we often have nothing to say. Many of our public policies are proposed by experts who are comfortable only with correlations that can be measured, appropriated and quantified, and ignore everything else.

Yet while we are trapped within this amputated view of human nature, a richer and deeper view is coming back into view. It is being brought to us by researchers across an array of diverse fields: neuroscience, psychology, sociology, behavioral economics and so on.

This growing, dispersed body of research reminds us of a few key insights. First, the unconscious parts of the mind are most of the mind, where many of the most impressive feats of thinking take place. Second, emotion is not opposed to reason; our emotions assign value to things and are the basis of reason. Finally, we are not individuals who form relationships. We are social animals, deeply interpenetrated with one another, who emerge out of relationships.

This body of research suggests the French enlightenment view of human nature, which emphasized individualism and reason, was wrong. The British enlightenment, which emphasized social sentiments, was more accurate about who we are. It suggests we are not divided creatures. We don’t only progress as reason dominates the passions. We also thrive as we educate our emotions.

When you synthesize this research, you get different perspectives on everything from business to family to politics. You pay less attention to how people analyze the world but more to how they perceive and organize it in their minds. You pay a bit less attention to individual traits and more to the quality of relationships between people.

You get a different view of, say, human capital. Over the past few decades, we have tended to define human capital in the narrow way, emphasizing I.Q., degrees, and professional skills. Those are all important, obviously, but this research illuminates a range of deeper talents, which span reason and emotion and make a hash of both categories:

Attunement: the ability to enter other minds and learn what they have to offer.

Equipoise: the ability to serenely monitor the movements of one’s own mind and correct for biases and shortcomings.

Metis: the ability to see patterns in the world and derive a gist from complex situations.

Sympathy: the ability to fall into a rhythm with those around you and thrive in groups.

Limerence: This isn’t a talent as much as a motivation. The conscious mind hungers for money and success, but the unconscious mind hungers for those moments of transcendence when the skull line falls away and we are lost in love for another, the challenge of a task or the love of God. Some people seem to experience this drive more powerfully than others.

When Sigmund Freud came up with his view of the unconscious, it had a huge effect on society and literature. Now hundreds of thousands of researchers are coming up with a more accurate view of who we are. Their work is scientific, but it directs our attention toward a new humanism. It’s beginning to show how the emotional and the rational are intertwined.

I suspect their work will have a giant effect on the culture. It’ll change how we see ourselves. Who knows, it may even someday transform the way our policy makers see the world.

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Yes.  Remember August 21 – September 14, 2010.  Mercury enters retrograde in Virgo.  Just in time for the start of the school year.  Isn’t that just great!

Mercury is a tricky planet indeed.  Remember to check and recheck anything that requires communication.  Since most things communicate, good luck.  At the very least take notes and recheck your calendar.  Also, be very careful how you phrase comminication.  It is easy to be misunderstood or misunderstand.  Try to avoid messing with your computer.  Your life will probably be much easier if you can wait until after September 14, 2010 to deal with legal matters, computer downloads or upgrades, making appointments, getting your vehicle fixed, etc.

If you are an Aries, take some down time.  Don’t even bother to worry about things beyond your control.   It may be a good idea to try listening instead of talking.  Try to avoid quick decisions.  You may really regret it if you don’t take your time.

If you are a Taurus, try to avoid taking any gambles at this point.  Your good, reliable common sense may be missing in action.  As a result, this may not be the best time to be stubborn.  Just saying!

If you are a Gemini, you may want to avoid making quick decisions.  Perhaps you should invest in an extra set of keys.  Try to stay focused on one subject and pay attention.  Assume nothing, check and recheck everything.

If you are a Cancer, watch your appointments and scheduling.  Try to avoid expecting perfection from others – you will probably just end up being disappointed.  Expect the unexpected and deal with it cheerfully.  Flexibility may just have to be key.

If you are a Leo, try to be careful with your finances.  It may be a good idea to check account balances or credit cards for misdirected payments.  Try using a calculator.  This is a probably a very good time to avoid the bossy side of your personality and just chill. 

If you are a Virgo, please remember to try to slow down at work and do something nice for yourself – it is allowed.  Remember to assume nothing.  You will probably just feel like a grouch during this time.  Sorry.

If you are a Libra, please remember to take your time with fact checking.  It is probably a good idea to go over everything two or three times.  Be careful.  Also, try not to be overly helpful.  Your good intentions may be misunderstood as interference.

If you are a Scorpio, it is probably not a good time to keep secrets from people.  Leaving out pertinent details – even if they are not important – could damage a relationship and been seen as underhanded.

If you are Sagittarius, you should probably think about making sure that people you do business with are in step with you.  Also, try to remember to back up everything electronically.  Try to avoid pouting if you should feel trapped and creatively take the time to work your way out of the situation.

If you are a Capricorn, try to avoid travel.  If you must go someplace, recheck schedules and double label your luggage.  Beware of giving into frustration because people are not getting what you are saying.  This could allow others to take control.

If you are an Aquarius, it will probably be a good idea not to take comments personally and realize that someone else may just be having a bad day.  Be careful of being impatient with others because they are not your intellectual equals and making harsh comments to them that may cause permanent harm.

If you are a Pisces, this may be an extremely difficult period for your love life.  It may be that anything you say can and may be held against you.  Ouch.   Try to avoid negative people who may make you feel bad about yourself.  You could be particularly vulnerable during this period.

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